publication date: Mar 23, 2011
The
Guardian Family Friendly Museum Award is the biggest museum award in Britain. A panel of
judges, chaired by Jenny Abramsky,
Heritage Lottery Fund Chair, chose the shortlist of
six museums from a 20-strong longlist nominated by hundreds of visitors which
Parenting Without Tears published last month.
From the shortlist,
families will decide which
museum is this year’s winner. Each
shortlisted museum will be visited, anonymously, by
several families of all shapes and sizes. They will measure the
museum against the
Kids in Museums Manifesto – 20 ways to make a museum
family friendly – compiled entirely from visitors’ comments.
The
winner will be announced at an
award ceremony on 7 April and in the
Guardian on 9 April.
The prize is a
Giant Folded Sheet, designed and donated by Foldedsheet.com.
On the
shortlist are:
- Abbey House Museum, Leeds
- Corinium Museum, Cirencester
- Horniman Museum, London
- Kilmartin House, Argyll
- Mansfield Museum, Nottinghamshire
- The Potteries Museum and Art Gallery, Stoke on Trent
